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BooK    or  Mature: 

Johnwv  JoneS 


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by  Paul  Elder  and  Company 


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I    TELL     yCU     WHAT'S    A    FUNNy  TWNCj, 
AND    THAT'S    A    TCLLy-WOCf, 
HE    SHEDS     HIS    TAIL  AfilD  QWMS    SdME.  LEQS, 
AhlJ>    THEN     HE      IS    A    FRCHj. 


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OWLS     ALWXyS    LObK,  SO   JlTtyVIFIEP, 
50   SOLEMN     ANp    SO  WISE, 
THEy    ALWAys    SIT  SO  STIFF  ANP  PRooj), 
ANJ>      HAVE     SUCH    $1$     fpuh/p   CyES. 


OWLS* 


THE  3UMBLE -BEE'S    A  BLUSTE^INC?  FOOL, 
HE'S    CLl/AlSy    ANJ>      HE'S      FAT, 
BUT    WHEN   IT    COAXES     TO    STLUQ1NQ   FOLKS, 
HE'S     VEI^y    <jOOj>    AT  THAT. 


THE   BVMBLE-BEE. 


A  TURTLE,  WHEN  you  TOUCH  HIS  SHELL, 
WHICH   FEELS    JUST   LIKE  A   STONE, 
FULLS   IN    HIS   HEkJ*N)>TfiiIL  AN?   LESS, 
TILL    you   LET   HIM    ALONET . 


ATWTLj: 


£ALi#v<*f8£R"~? 


THE.   CATERPILLAR?    HANQS  WMSELF, 
TURN'S    INTO    A    COCOON j 
AND   THEN  BECOMES  /\  BUTTERFLy, 
AN  J)  FLIES    A  WAV    qCIfC   SOOW. 


fflJJJJMlUU 


XJ  '*-J       vi     \j 


THE  CATERPILLAR. 


I  LIKE  A  COW  THAT'S  GZNTLE. 
ANJ>   TIEJ)    U/lT?f  Q00J)    STRONG  "ROTL, 
I'VE.    /V£V£7?   S£CN    A  Vs/It-P    ONE-, 
AMP    M£V£7?    WILL  J   HOPE. 


A     COVn/. 


A    Fly     CAM      WALK    MOST  ANyW/CRE, 
HE    CrOES     STRMCfHT     UP    THE.    WALL, 
ANP     t^OSS    THE   CEILINq    i/PSIJ>£  J>OVJNt 
HE     NEVEH     FALLS    AT    ALL. 


afly 


I'M    V£Ry   FONP  OF  LITTLE    DOVES, 
I  LOV£    TO     HEAR    THEM     Coo, 
IT'S   5UCH   A    -PEACEFUL     <IWP    OF  SOUN}, 
ANJ>    SORT   Of    WURNFUL    TOO. 


DOVES. 


PARROTS   A1AKE    AtJ  AWFUL  NOISE, 
FOR    TTfEAl    I  DO  NOT     CA7?£, 
THEy  OFTEN  L.EKRN  TO  TAL<  QUITE  WELL, 
AN?  50/vjE    OF  THEM     CAN     SWEAR- 


?ARR0T5 


you  cannot  HUKJ  A  ?CiRCUT>lNE, 
SECAl/SE    HIS    SIDES    ANJ>  BACK., 
ARE   COVERED   WITH  SHARP  TRICKiy  THINGS, 
AS    "POINTED   AS     A  TACK- 


A   rORCUPLNZ 


I  FEEL  SO   SO^J{y  ro^  ALL  MOTHS, 
THEV    ARE  SUCH    SILUy  THINGS, 
THt\j    JUST  CAN'T    KEEP  AW/vy  FRONj  LIGHTS, 
UNTIL   THELy'VE   BURNEJf    THU%    WrfVJQS. 


AiorriS 


TO   W4TCH  A   LITTLE  BROVJN  MOUSE  EAT, 

IS    ONE   OF  Aty    PELIQHTS, 
HE  HOLDS     HIS  F00J>  IN  HIS   FRONT  PAWS, 

ANJ*TAKELS    SUCH    TINy    BITES- 


t-ITTLE  3J£0WA/    MOOSE. 


A  LOBSTER    HAS    TWO    (ftEAT    B7<?  HORNS, 
AN1>     TWO   Biq    CLAWS    THAT    PINCH, 
SO     WHEN    IT   CO/V\ES     TO   TAKING;    HOCb, 
I    GfESS     HE'S    (j-OT  A    CINCH. 


A   LOBSTER 


THE    PEACOCK    IS     A    -PRETly  BIRD, 
HIS     FEATHERS     QLTNT     4*0>    <jL EAK, 
BUT    HE    HAS     VEf^y     UCfLy    FEET, 
AN])    My!- HOW   HE    CAN/     SCREAM* 


THE   PEACOCK 


IT  ALWAyS  /VAK^S  A\E  LAUOrH  TO  SEE 

A   LOT  OF  MONKEyS    puvy, 

WEy'RE   ALV\/Ay.S  l/P  TO    FUNNy  THICKS; 

A/V2>    LI/(£:    Boys,  IN    A   w/Ay. 


M0iv/K£ys> 


J  LOVE    THE    TIME     RW*    BUTTERFLIES, 
THEy   A1?E     SO    q/\y    ANJ>   JZRiqHT, 
THEy'RE     mSTLy    y£XL0W,  BL\Ct(  AM>  J?EZ>, 
BUT     50A1£TXA1£S     THEy    ARE      WHITE. 


^OTTERFLrtS 


AfOSQUITOES  J>RIVZ  Y°U  ALMOST  AtAJ), 
THEy    COME    A1^0UNJ>     AT    A/IQHT, 
AND    WHEN     you'RE    NOT  ASLEEP  THEy  ^U22, 
A/v#     V/WEA/    you  ARE- -THEy    "BITE.. 


/MosqittTQES. 


AW    ELEPHANT     T?EA!E/viBE£S    you, 

AND    IF    you    PEED    HIA1     HAy 

H£S     PLEASED,  BUT  IF   yot/'/^E    A]£AN  TO  KM, 

HE'LL    PAy   you  BAC{    SOME   My- 


AW     ELEPHANT 


A    JELLy-riSH    IS  JUST   A  PIECE, 
OF    PRETTy    SQU ASH y   STUFF, 
IT  SWIM5AN)  EMS  BUT  CANA/or  FEEL, 
IT    HASN'T    SELNS£     EINOUCH. 


SPTDCJ^S    ALW/tyS      L00<    TO    A[E, 
JUST     Ul(E      THCy     W/KNT     TO  BlTE., 
I    HATE    TO    HAVE     THEM    C^\WLTA/<J    KfMHb, 
MOST     'SPECl/KLLy     AT     Nl^HT. 


SPIDERS. 


A  GOAT'S    AN  EASy  THINq  TO  /(£E£ 
HE    DONT    CARE    WHAT    HE    EATS,, 
HE    CHEWS    THE     7HPE7*    OfT   OF  CAWS, 
AND    LOVES     OL.]>    T^GED  SflEETS- 


A  QOAT- 


THE   ANT   15   SUCH    A  3USy   THINq, 
HE    W07?KS     /^OST    ALL    THL   J>Ay, 
A-HAULlNOi    THINCfS    FR*n    PLACE    TO  ttAGE; 
M2     STOWINQ     THEM     AWAy. 


THE  ANT 


THE  VIC,    HAS    NOTHING    ELSE     TO    J)0, 

BUT  SLEEP     ANJ)    CrUuNT    AND     £ATy 

HE  A/EVE%     HAS     TO     WASH     HIMSELF, 

HE  IS    NOT     y£7?y     A/CAT- 


THE    P/£ 


the:  things  i  hate:  the  aiost  or  all 

TO    HME   AROUNJ,   ARE     FLEAS, 
THEy   JUMP  AND  CRAWL   ALL    WEI?   you, 
ANJ)    BITE    you   WHERE    TH£y     PLEASE 


FL^S. 


A     yELLtoW-  JAC«£T   ALW/W/S     SEE/^S, 
SO     vETty     CLEAN    ANP    TRIM, 
HE'S    K^i>    or    QRACEFUL   UtoKJNQ  TOO, 
BECAUSE     WfS     WAIST    IS     SLIA\- 


A  yguow- JACKET 


J    LLKF    TO     WATCH    A  SWALLOW    Fly, 

he:   mj?ts    abound  so    fast, 

you  HWt>Ly  see    hiaj  comjnq  /vea^; 

BEFORE:     HE'S      q-CTTEN      past. 


A  SWALLOW. 


.BEETLES    ARE    SUCH    "PO/ty    B^QS, 

THEV    HflL<    AROUNJ)    SO  SLOW/, 

IT   ALWAyS   LOC/<S    TO  /^E   AS    IF 

TtfEy    ^oa/'t  K^oW  where   to   q-o. 


BEETLES . 


A    $0$    I    L1H.E    THE    BEST    OF  ALL, 
HE     LJ/<£S    TO    ^OMP    ANT>    VLAy, 
ANJ>    ALWAyS    WHEN    you    TALK    TO    HIN[ 

HE    knows    just    what   ycu  sAy. 


A  PO(f 


AN    ANQLE-WO^M  IS  NOTHING  WVCH, 
HE'S  SMOOTH,  AND  PlNt(7ANJ>   SAIALL, 
ANJ>    HAS  NO    «EAJ>?0^  TAIL,  O^  UE^S, 
HE'S    (jCOp    RH^BAir-    THAT^S   ALL.- 


THE   THINS   THAT   SLEEPS  A  fQNNy  WAy, 
IS    JUST   A   COMMON    JBAT, 
HE    HA/VQS    HIMSELF    By  LtTTLE  HOOKS, 
THAT  A$E    JUST  avape:  FOT^    THAT. 


A  BAT 


YC   1,483*- 


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NOV  2 1  1973  0 
lECTf  CD  I  73  -J 


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